When is the solstice in the summer of 2022?

The summer solstice in 2022 is June 2 1, 17: 13:40, Tuesday, May 23rd of the lunar calendar.

Summer solstice is one of the 24 solar terms, which occurs on June 2 1 or 22 of the Gregorian calendar every year. On the day of summer solstice, the sun moves to 90 degrees of the yellow meridian, and the position of the sun directly on the ground reaches the northernmost point of the year, almost directly on the Tropic of Cancer. At this time, the sunshine time is the longest in the northern hemisphere. In Beijing, the daytime can be as long as 15 hours. On this day, the northern hemisphere gets the most sunshine, almost twice as much as the southern hemisphere.

The custom of solar terms in summer solstice

Sacrifice to gods and ancestors

The solstice in summer is the harvest season of wheat. Since ancient times, people have had the custom of celebrating harvest and offering sacrifices to ancestors at this time in order to pray for a good year. Therefore, the summer solstice, as a festival, was included in the ancient ritual of offering sacrifices to the gods. "Zhou Li Chun Guan" contains: "With the arrival of summer, go to local things." In the Zhou dynasty, sacrifices were made to gods from summer solstice, which meant to eliminate famine, hunger and death. The solstice of summer is just after the wheat harvest. Farmers not only thank God for the bumper harvest, but also pray for the "autumn report". Around the summer solstice, some places hold a grand "Summer Wheat Festival", which is the relic of the ancient "Summer Wheat Festival" activities.

Avoid summer and crouch

On the solstice of summer, women give each other folding fans, powder cakes and other things. "Youyang Miscellaneous Gifts": "On the summer solstice, I had to leave when I joined the company." "Fan" produces wind; "Powder fat" is suitable for dispelling turbid qi caused by body heat and preventing miliaria. In the imperial court, after the "summer solstice", the royal family took out the ice cubes that were "stored in winter and used in summer" to "avoid summer and shelter from the wind", which was used throughout the dynasties from the Zhou Dynasty and later became a system.

"wheat zongzi" and "summer solstice cake"

Jiangnan food customs generally include wheat dumplings, millet, plums, wonton, noodle soup and so on. "Wujiang County Records": "On the summer solstice, make wheat dumplings." . After the first sacrifice, you pay for it. Not only eat "wheat dumplings", but also give them to each other as gifts. On the day of summer solstice, farmers will roll pancakes, bake them, add vegetables, pods, tofu and bacon, eat them after ancestor worship, commonly known as "summer solstice cakes" or give them to relatives and friends.

Dongzhi wonton xiazhi noodles

Since ancient times, there has been a folk saying in China that "the solstice in winter is Wonton Noodles, and the solstice in summer is". Eating noodles on the solstice in summer is an important custom in many areas in the south of the Yangtze River. There is a saying that eating noodles on the solstice in summer will shorten the day. There are many kinds of noodles in the south, such as Yangchun noodles, dry soup noodles, shredded pork noodles, three fresh noodles, sesame oil noodles and cold noodles, while noodles with gravy and dregs in the north. "Because new wheat has appeared from summer to day, eating noodles from summer to day also means tasting new things."

What does the summer solstice solar term mean?

1, rainstorm weather

During the summer solstice, the temperature is high, the sunshine is sufficient, the crops grow rapidly, and the physiological and ecological water demand is high in most parts of China. At this time, the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the Jianghuai basin are rainy and frequently rainstorm, which is easy to cause floods and even pose a threat to people's lives and property. Attention should be paid to strengthening flood control.

2, Jianghuai Meiyu

Summer solstice season is the "Meiyu" season in Jianghuai area. At this time, it is the ripe period of plums in Jiangnan, and the air is very humid. Cold and warm air masses meet here, forming a trough of low pressure, leading to rainy weather. In this weather, the utensils are moldy and the human body feels uncomfortable. Some mosquitoes breed quickly, and some intestinal bacteria are easy to breed. At this time, we should pay attention to drinking water hygiene and try not to eat cold food to prevent the occurrence and spread of infectious diseases.

3. High temperature sauna

Like the winter solstice, the summer solstice is also a solar term reflecting the changes of the four seasons. Astronomy stipulates that the summer solstice is the beginning of summer in the northern hemisphere. After the summer solstice, although the direct point of the sun gradually moved southward, the days in the northern hemisphere became shorter and the nights became longer. However, because the heat radiated from the sun to the ground is still more than the heat radiated from the ground to the air, the temperature will continue to rise in the future, so there is a saying that it is not too hot from summer to the sun.